Archive for June, 2016

Each year, the church children’s camp is a bit different from other years, and this time it turned out that the main benefit was the time that the children spent with each other. This was in part due to the theme (sport and especially the Olympics), which meant more physical activities and less reflection, but it was also due to how the children are now. Certainly what our children were looking forward to most in the week leading up to the camp was seeing their best friends in the church for three days in a row. So the boys spent a lot of time on the football field, and the girls camped out in their bedroom, and I was happy to see that happen. There were also some children outside of the “groups”, due to differences in age or culture or personality, and although they did get a little bit better known, there is still a lot to do there.

On Thursday, the three day children’s camp of the church will be beginning. There will be 12 children, including two friends of church children, and that is more than we were hoping for. All of out family will be going, and it is good to be involved in this ministry together. But it will be interesting, as Pinuccia and I together will be overseeing all the camp, running about half the activities, pretending not to be the parents of Stefania and Daniele, and looking after Luca and Mattia, who will be the mascots for the first of maybe five times. So you could pray for the camp, for us as a family, for the work of the team of leaders and helpers, and especially for the children who will be present.